Eucalyptus forrestiana, commonly known as
Fuchsia Gum,
Forrest's Mallee or
Forrest's Marlock , is a small tree which occurs in an area near
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malleeMallee is the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, usually to a height of no more than ten metres...
EucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia. There are more than 700 species of Eucalyptus, mostly native to Australia, and a very small number are found in adjacent parts of New Guinea and Indonesia...
with smooth bark and grows to between 1.5 and to 6 metres in height. It has bright red buds and yellow flowers which appear between summer and winter.
There are two recognised subspecies as follows:
- Eucalyptus forrestiana subsp.
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Eucalyptus forrestiana, commonly known as
Fuchsia Gum,
Forrest's Mallee or
Forrest's Marlock , is a small tree which occurs in an area near
EsperanceEsperance is a large town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. Home to 9,536 people as of the 2006 census, its major industries are tourism, agriculture, and fishing...
in
Western AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Australia's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.2 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state.The state's capital...
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It is a
malleeMallee is the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, usually to a height of no more than ten metres...
EucalyptusEucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia. There are more than 700 species of Eucalyptus, mostly native to Australia, and a very small number are found in adjacent parts of New Guinea and Indonesia...
with smooth bark and grows to between 1.5 and to 6 metres in height. It has bright red buds and yellow flowers which appear between summer and winter.
There are two recognised subspecies as follows:
- Eucalyptus forrestiana subsp. dolichorhyncha Brooker
- Eucalyptus forrestiana Diels subsp. forrestiana